:"/\\|?*]| # file system reserved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Reserved_characters_and_words [\x00-\x1F]| # control characters http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx [\x7F\xA0\xAD]| # non-printing characters DEL, NO-BREAK SPACE, SOFT HYPHEN [#\[\]@!$&\'()+,;=]| # URI reserved https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-2.2 [{}^\~`] # URL unsafe characters https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt ~x', '-', $filename); // avoids ".", ".." or ".hiddenFiles" $filename = ltrim($filename, '.-'); // optional beautification if ($beautify) $filename = $this->beautify_filename($filename); // maximize filename length to 255 bytes http://serverfault.com/a/9548/44086 $ext = pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION); $filename = mb_strcut(pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_FILENAME), 0, 255 - ($ext ? strlen($ext) + 1 : 0), mb_detect_encoding($filename)) . ($ext ? '.' . $ext : ''); return $filename; } public function beautify_filename($filename) { // reduce consecutive characters $filename = preg_replace(array( // "file name.zip" becomes "file-name.zip" '/ +/', // "file___name.zip" becomes "file-name.zip" '/_+/', // "file---name.zip" becomes "file-name.zip" '/-+/' ), '-', $filename); $filename = preg_replace(array( // "file--.--.-.--name.zip" becomes "file.name.zip" '/-*\.-*/', // "file...name..zip" becomes "file.name.zip" '/\.{2,}/' ), '.', $filename); // lowercase for windows/unix interoperability http://support.microsoft.com/kb/100625 $filename = mb_strtolower($filename, mb_detect_encoding($filename)); // ".file-name.-" becomes "file-name" $filename = trim($filename, '.-'); return $filename; } }